---
title: "Client Phone Usage Guide"
description: "The client phone addon provides the in-game phone UI for contacts, SMS messages, email, and local utility apps such as notes, calendar events, world clocks, and alarms."
---

## Open Phone UI

```sqf
call forge_client_phone_fnc_openUI;
```

The phone UI creates `RscPhone`, loads `ui/_site/index.html`, and routes
browser alerts through `forge_client_phone_fnc_handleUIEvents`.

## State Ownership

Contacts, messages, and emails are server-owned and requested through the
server phone addon.

Local utility app state is stored in `profileNamespace`:

- notes
- calendar events
- world clocks
- alarms
- theme/preferences

## Phone Repository

`forge_client_phone_fnc_initRepository` creates `GVAR(PhoneRepository)`.

The phone repository owns local notes, events, clocks, alarms, and settings
helpers.
Contacts, messages, and emails continue to use server-backed request/response
events.

## Browser Events

### Session and Preferences

| Event | Client behavior |
| --- | --- |
| `phone::get::player` | Send player UID to browser with `setPlayerUid`. |
| `phone::get::theme` | Send saved light/dark theme to browser. |
| `phone::set::theme` | Save theme preference to `profileNamespace`. |

### Contacts

| Event | Client behavior |
| --- | --- |
| `phone::get::contacts` | Load cached contacts and request server refresh. |
| `phone::refresh::contacts` | Request contacts from server. |
| `phone::add::contact` | Add contact by phone number. |
| `phone::add::contact::by::phone` | Add contact by phone number. |
| `phone::add::contact::by::email` | Add contact by email. |
| `phone::remove::contact` | Remove contact by UID. |

### Messages

| Event | Client behavior |
| --- | --- |
| `phone::get::messages` | Request messages from server. |
| `phone::get::message::thread` | Request thread with another UID. |
| `phone::send::message` | Send SMS through server. |
| `phone::mark::message::read` | Mark message read on server. |
| `phone::delete::message` | Delete message on server. |

### Email

| Event | Client behavior |
| --- | --- |
| `phone::get::emails` | Request emails from server. |
| `phone::send::email` | Send email through server. |
| `phone::mark::email::read` | Mark email read on server. |
| `phone::delete::email` | Delete email on server. |

### Local Utility Apps

| Event | Client behavior |
| --- | --- |
| `phone::get::notes` | Load local notes. |
| `phone::save::note` | Save local note. |
| `phone::delete::note` | Delete local note. |
| `phone::get::events` | Load local calendar events. |
| `phone::save::event` | Save local calendar event. |
| `phone::delete::event` | Delete local calendar event. |
| `phone::get::clocks` | Load local world clocks. |
| `phone::save::clock` | Save local world clock. |
| `phone::delete::clock` | Delete local world clock. |
| `phone::get::alarms` | Load local alarms. |
| `phone::save::alarm` | Save local alarm. |
| `phone::delete::alarm` | Delete local alarm. |
| `phone::toggle::alarm` | Toggle local alarm enabled state. |

## Usage Rules

- Send contact, message, and email mutations to the server phone addon.
- Keep local-only utility apps in `profileNamespace` until they are migrated to
  server-backed storage.
- Do not treat local phone utility state as shared multiplayer state.
- Validate required UID, phone, email, subject, and message fields before
  sending server requests.

## Related Guides

- [Phone Usage Guide](/server-modules/phone)
- [Client Notifications Usage Guide](/client-addons/notifications)
